Housing: South West Region

Steve Webb: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 25 January 2008,  Official Report, column 2330W, on housing: South West region, what estimate she has made of the increase in dwellings in each local authority area under the Independent Panel's proposals, expressed as a percentage of the current housing stock in that area.

Iain Wright: holding answer 31 January 2008
	 The following table sets out the information requested.
	
		
			   Total  d wellings as at 2006  Overall net increase in dwellings (number) for period 2006-26 recommended by the Independent Panel in their report on the draft Regional Spatial Strategy  Percentage increase in dwellings for period 2006-26 recommended by the Independent Panel in their report on the draft Regional Spatial Strategy 
			 Bath and North East Somerset UA 73,205 18,800 26 
			 Bournemouth UA 80,973 16,100 20 
			 Bristol, City of UA 176,987 30,000 17 
			 Caradon 39,316 6,500 17 
			 Carrick 42,403 10,900 26 
			 Cheltenham 50,798 8,100 16 
			 Christchurch 22,520 3,450 15 
			 Cotswold 38,108 6,900 18 
			 Dartmoor National Park(1) — 1,000 — 
			 East Devon 61,684 17,100 28 
			 East Dorset 38,313 6,400 17 
			 Exeter 48,296 12,000 25 
			 Exmoor National Park(1) — 400 — 
			 Forest of Dean 34,786 6,200 18 
			 Gloucester 49,445 11,500 23 
			 Isles of Scilly(1) 1,193 100 8 
			 Kennet 33,558 6,000 18 
			 Kerrier 42,621 14,400 34 
			 Mendip 46,086 8,300 18 
			 Mid Devon(3) 32,047 7,400 23 
			 North Cornwall 40,076 13,400 33 
			 North Devon(2) 41,949 10,900 26 
			 North Dorset 29,011 7,000 24 
			 North Somerset UA 85,581 26,750 31 
			 North Wiltshire 55,071 13,700 25 
			 Penwith 32,148 7,800 24 
			 Plymouth UA 111,317 24,500 22 
			 Poole UA 64,032 10,000 16 
			 Purbeck 21,122 5,150 24 
			 Restormel 44,513 15,700 35 
			 Salisbury 49,429 12,400 25 
			 Sedgemoor 47,378 10,200 22 
			 South Gloucestershire UA 105,035 30,800 29 
			 South Hams(3) 41,274 11,800 29 
			 South Somerset 69,660 19,700 28 
			 Stroud 47,711 9,100 19 
			 Swindon UA 82,530 34,200 41 
			 Taunton Deane 46,859 21,800 47 
			 Teignbridge(3) 55,673 10,400 19 
			 Tewkesbury 34,090 14,600 43 
			 Torbay UA 62,211 20,000 32 
			 Torridge 28,362 10,700 38 
			 West Devon(3) 22,561 4,400 20 
			 West Dorset 46,787 12,500 27 
			 West Somerset(2) 17,013 2,500 15 
			 West Wiltshire 54,100 12,300 23 
			 Weymouth and Portland 29,714 5,600 19 
			 Total 1,604,943 569,450 35 
			 (1 )Estimated strictly local needs provision only. (2 )Housing stock data includes part in Exmoor National Park. (3 )Housing stock data includes part in Dartmoor National Park.